Chandler, Colorado

Chandler is an extinct coal company town located south of the Lincoln Park area near Cañon City in Fremont County, Colorado, United States.[3] The Chandler post office operated from August 4, 1890, until October 31, 1942.[4]

Chandler
Mining ghost town
Chandler is located in Colorado
Chandler
Chandler
Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 38.3731°N 105.2005°W / 38.3731; -105.2005 (Chandler)
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyFremont
Elevation
5,738 ft (1,749 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
81212 [1]
GNIS feature ID204919[2]

History

Chandler was a company coal mining town owned and operated by the Victor-American Fuel Company.[5] It is located south of State Highway 115 along a county road named Chandler Road, west of Williamsburg, Colorado and north of Rockvale, Colorado. It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942.[6] The town is now completely depopulated.[7] Chandler was home to a significant Asian-American mining population.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Chandler - Cultural Feature (Locale) in Fremont County". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  2. "Primero, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. October 13, 1978. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chandler, Colorado
  4. Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
  5. Dalrymple, James; King, Henry P. (1916). "Fourth Annual Report of the State Inspector of Coal Mines". Colorado Coal Mining Department. p. 26. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. "Chandler". Coloradopast.com. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. Coriz, Dena Stevens (March 11, 2007). "Chandler Still Haunts Colorado". Blogs. Active Rain.
  8. Eaton, M. Kathleen (April 10, 2010). "Now & Then: Asian Americans in Fremont County – Laundries, Chandler Coal Mine Strike, and State Prison, 1880-1933". Now and Then. Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
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